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It only tells about child labor assessment, so it is not considered.

pg. 8

“With respect to the cocoa sector, third-party evaluations and assessments about child labor have been conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs.”

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Would this be considered use of risk management tool?

pg. 6

"This year, we refined our methodology on third party suppliers and child labor risks to align with a higher threshold of risk level, as defined by the Maplecroft Child Labor Index methodology"

 

Would this be considered desk research?

pg. 8

"In October 2020, the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) from the

University of Chicago, US, funded by the US Department of Labor (USDOL), completed

a four year review of the various interventions carried out by representatives from the

cocoa and chocolate industry and the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, to

assess progress in reducing the worst forms of child labor. Even when industry

interventions are having an impact, the NORC Report shows that more emphasis

should be put on creating the right context where child rights are guaranteed, and

ultimately, child labor is prevented. Further, In June 2021, a report published by the

European Commission on ending child labor in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana stated that

there is a need for high level collaboration among implementers at the local level and

a need to improve overall institutional structure and collaboration. In addition, it noted

that current efforts to eliminate child labor are not sufficiently and structurally

embedded within a functioning institutional support system and called for a wider

systems-based approach."